The Controversial Dress

Is it gold and white or blue and black?

Read the article below:

http://www.wired.com/2015/02/science-one-agrees-color-dress/

What do you think?  Is the dress blue and black or white and gold?  Do you think that there are other images out there that look different based on the interpretation of wavelenghts of light?  Are you the night owl that sees the dress as blue and black or the early riser like me who sees the dress as white and gold?  

Man of Steel

Yesterday afternoon, Dominic was watching "Man of Steel," while I was pondering the importance of mutations.

Last week in our crazy short week of school, we discussed different types of mutations including both gene mutations and chromosome mutations.  What if Superman is just the result of some really cool mutations...x-ray vision, super human strength, and the ability to fly?  Isn't that what the X-Men comic series is all about?  How realistic is the theory that humans could have real life X-Men super powers?

Read the article below and watch the slideshow:

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/story/323873/9-humans-with-real-life-x-men-mutant-super-powers

In a scholarly paragraph, write a response to the above article.  What do you think?  Are there really people around us with gene-based super abilities?  Explain the statement, "Mutations are the means by which nature adds new variants into the genetic pool."  What does that mean?  Can you give examples?  Are all mutations bad?  Why or why not?  Can you think of any other super powers that were not included in this article?  What super ability would you want?  Why?  Do you think these mutations would be gene mutations or chromosome mutations?  Why?